Reason is like a stream deriving from the source of God.

— Vives, Juan Luis (1492-1540)


Place of Publication
Basle
Date
1543
Metaphor
Reason is like a stream deriving from the source of God.
Metaphor in Context
[La raison] est comme un rayon que Dieu a dérivé dans l'esprit humain, de la source éternelle de sa lumière... Notre raison est donc comme un ruisselet dérivé de la source de Dieu.
Categories
Provenance
Reading French Moralists by Anthony Levi, p. 28n
Date of Entry
01/19/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.